Cleveland man killed after being stuck by a truck in Cass County

On 10/4/20 around 11:35pm the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cass County along with Cass County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a pedestrian that was struck and killed on E. 299th Street at SW Outer Road near Harrisonville.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 1989 Chevrolet truck driven by 54 year old Thomas R. Hopkins of Harrisonville, Missouri struck 30 year old Joseph E. Monteil of Cleveland, Missouri.

Mr. Monteil was transported to Cass Regional Medical Center were he was pronounced dead at 12:16am this morning.

This is Troop A of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's 52nd Fatality of the year 2020.